oxford dictionaries now allow organise AND organize yeah,
but the older dictionaries, and as i was taught at school, its organise only......the z is a relatively recent Americanism corruption !!! some kids now use the z, largely due to MS Office i reckon. !!! the z is now official English !!!! yuk :)

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i'm reading The Times, and every word is organise, organisation, realise, conceptualise.......the s is definitely 'proper' English, the z is also allowed though...
type organise into search at http://www.bbc.co.uk/
now type organize

i rest my case : 3,330 to 256 !!

ps how old are you ??? if over 30 and you still use z, then i'm gonna shoot you !!!:)

oxford dictionaries allow organize AND organise !!
but the older dictionaries, and as i was taught at school, its organise only......the z is a relatively recent Americanism corruption !!! its WON !! all kids now use the z !!! the z is now official English !!!! :)

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actually, no it isn't, i'm reading The Times, and every word is organise, organisation, realise, conceptualise.......the s is definitely 'proper' English, the z is also allowed though...

ps how old are you ??????

Steve, I'm 41, and had always used -ise, until I read that -ize is (believe it or not) the correct english ending. If anything, it is -ise that is becoming the standard (viz the Times). My (1988) Oxford Paperback doesn't even list organise, although organize is there.

04-29-2002

stevey

yeah, you're right !!!!!

my 1948 dictionary has organize only, no ise, my 1989 dictionary has ize and ise........so why do BBC and Times use ise, and we were both taught to use ise!! odd

i always thought the ize was an Americanism, and have never liked the spelling ize....but its only how i was taught.

looks like ize is correct english, we seem to have switched to ise (or most of us), the americans have stayed with ize.....

my nephews seem to be using ize.....thats what i meant...people of my generation seem to always use ise.

still...... if my nephews used inches etc, would that be an american influence??? or 'old fashioned' english ???? if you see what i mean...

04-29-2002

RobR

I must admit it was a shock for me too. I'd always thought of -ize as American (not that there's anything wrong with American B4 I get flamed), until I read the article (I wish I could remember where I saw it!).

Edit -I don't know how to tell you this, but it looks like -ise is (gulp) French!!!!

I'm gonna get a haricut,
I'm gonna get a haricut,
I'm gonna get a haricut,

hehe :) :D :)

04-29-2002

RobR

Quote:

Originally posted by dbaryl Hey, that reminds me... I'm in a need of a haircut already...

I'm gonna get a haricut,
I'm gonna get a haricut,
I'm gonna get a haricut,

hehe :) :D :)

I guess we've bean asking for that.

04-29-2002

DavidP

>i bet you got the pportly bearded short guy with armpit hair the length of small trees and BO that kills plants and small children.

Actually I got the old, jolly, fat black woman...

>i know exactly what you mean, as a single guy i want the attractive gal to do me....even if it is only a 5 minute

You mean you are satisfied with only 5 minutes of her doing you? You should be able to go longer than 5 minutes.... ;) sorry...that was dirty...hehehe....

04-29-2002

stevey

>>>>You mean you are satisfied with only 5 minutes of her doing you? You should be able to go longer than 5 minutes.... sorry...that was dirty...hehehe....

yeah but you aint seen her! what a babe ! i bet if i ever managed to pull her, it would only take 4 !! and that would include the standard 2 mins of foreplay i give all the gals. i mean i don't want to rush them !!:)

04-29-2002

lightatdawn

>>standard 2 mins of foreplay

stevey, you love god, you. I'll bet women just swoon into your arms when they hear about that. :p

04-29-2002

stevey

Quote:

Originally posted by lightatdawn >>standard 2 mins of foreplay

stevey, you love god, you. I'll bet women just swoon into your arms when they hear about that. :p

:D well u don't want to spoil em !!

they aren't too impressed when they see my 'nads' either - see injury thread !!!

04-29-2002

seditee

i can honestly say that i have never been that hard up...to even consider the hairshop chicks.

:cool:

04-29-2002

itld

howdy,
i guess at 42 i am the only onre that goes to those places to get my hair cut, after all early to mid 20's women bug me. i'd rather hook up with someone that can actually hold a conversation and knows how to handle a man... ,